NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Congress leader Kumari Selja on Friday made a smooth transition from Lok Sabha to Rajya Sabha along with a host of leaders who got elected unopposed in the biennial polls. Altogether 37 leaders were elected unopposed and the remaining 18 seats will see voting on
February 7.

Last year Pawar had declared that he would not contest the Lok Sabha polls and shifted himself to the Upper House. The move would allow Pawar to give more time to the overall poll strategy of the NCP in the upcoming polls.

Apart from Selja, Congress’ Motilal Vora, Digvijaya Singh, Murli Deora and Sanjay Singh also got elected unopposed. While Digvijaya broke his self-imposed 10-year exile from electoral politics, Sanjay Singh, Lok Sabha MP from Sultanpur, was placated by the party with a RS berth from Assam.

BJP’s Delhi unit former chief Vijay Goel also made a comeback to parliament while RJD’s Prem Chand Gupta — a sitting MP from Bihar — managed to win from Jharkhand.